28 ‘Peres’I,* means that your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”K

29 Then Belshazzar gave an order, and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck,u and issued a proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

30 That very night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was killed, 31 and Darius the Medev received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.